Kaushitaki Upanishad 4.4
Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇopaniṣad 4.4
- Language
- Sanskrit
4.4.1
sa hovāca bālākir ya evaiṣa candramasi puruṣas tam evāham upāsa iti /
4. Then said Bālāki: ‘Him who is this person in the moon—him indeed I reverence.’
4.4.2
taṃ hovācājātaśatrur mā maitasmin saṃvādayiṣṭhāḥ /
To him then Ajātaśatru said: ‘Make me not to converse on him! As King Soma, as the soul (ātman) of Food—thus, verily, I reverence him.’
4.4.3
bṛhan pāṇḍaravāsāḥ somo rājānnasyātmeti vā aham etam upāsa iti /
4.4.4
sa yo haitam evam upāste'nnasyātmā bhavati //4//
He then who reverences him thus, becomes the soul of food.
Translations (2)
- The Thirteen Principal Upanishads — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English
- The Upanishads, Part I (SBE 1) — Friedrich Max Müller 1879, English
Commentaries (3)
- Kauṣītakyupaniṣadbhāṣya (Raṅgarāmānuja) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit
- Kauṣītakyupaniṣaddīpikā (Śaṅkarānanda) — Śaṅkarānanda, Sanskrit
- Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin, Sanskrit